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Electricity Rates by State (Updated August 2019)

The average electricity rate is 13.19 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh).

The average price a residential customer in the United States pays for electricity is 13.31 cents per kWh.

What’s my current electric rate?

The price you pay for electricity depends on numerous factors including (but not limited to) your location, time of year, consumption, and market changes/disruptions. Whether you’re in a regulated or deregulated market, your bill should clearly state the rate you pay per kWh.

Figures in the state map and tables below are displayed in cents per kilowatt hour (kWh). This information is up-to-date and was last updated in September 2018 using data extracted from the Energy Information Agency (EIA)’s monthly reports.

States

Map of Average Electricity Rates by State

This map provides a good representation of how electricity costs in different areas of the country:

States in green have some of the lowest electric rates in the nation. States colored in red have rates that are considered to be high (or very high in some cases), while blue states have prices that fall somewhere in the middle.

Table of Average Electricity Rates by State

Here is the average electric rate for each state. This is the most current information available, though we are able to show current (today’s rates) for states that have deregulated energy markets.

January 2019 Electricity Prices

STATE

JUNE 2018

JUNE 2017

MOVEMENT

CHANGE (%)

Alabama

12.41¢ / kWh

12.79¢ / kWh

DOWN

-2.971 %

Alaska

22.54¢ / kWh

22.14¢ / kWh

UP

1.806 %

Arizona

13.16¢ / kWh

12.65¢ / kWh

UP

4.031 %

Arkansas

9.99¢ / kWh

10.73¢ / kWh

DOWN

-6.896 %

California

19.90¢ / kWh

19.39¢ / kWh

UP

2.630 %

Colorado

12.28¢ / kWh

12.75¢ / kWh

DOWN

-3.686 %

Connecticut

21.62¢ / kWh

20.47¢ / kWh

UP

5.617 %

DC

13.21¢ / kWh

13.40¢ / kWh

DOWN

-1.417 %

Delaware

12.05¢ / kWh

12.59¢ / kWh

DOWN

-4.289 %

Florida

11.37¢ / kWh

12.02¢ / kWh

DOWN

-5.407 %

Georgia

12.26¢ / kWh

12.53¢ / kWh

DOWN

-2.154 %

Hawaii

32.76¢ / kWh

30.45¢ / kWh

UP

7.586 %

Idaho

10.58¢ / kWh

11.42¢ / kWh

DOWN

-7.355 %

Illinois

12.56¢ / kWh

12.95¢ / kWh

DOWN

-3.011 %

Indiana

12.02¢ / kWh

12.05¢ / kWh

DOWN

-0.248 %

Iowa

13.81¢ / kWh

13.92¢ / kWh

DOWN

-0.790 %

Kansas

11.56¢ / kWh

13.56¢ / kWh

DOWN

-14.74 %

Kentucky

10.56¢ / kWh

10.68¢ / kWh

DOWN

-1.123 %

Louisiana

9.37¢ / kWh

10.19¢ / kWh

DOWN

-8.047 %

Maine

16.16¢ / kWh

16.17¢ / kWh

DOWN

-0.061 %

Maryland

13.92¢ / kWh

14.22¢ / kWh

DOWN

-2.109 %

Massachusetts

21.11¢ / kWh

18.56¢ / kWh

UP

13.73 %

Michigan

16.07¢ / kWh

15.86¢ / kWh

UP

1.324 %

Minnesota

14.09¢ / kWh

13.96¢ / kWh

UP

0.931 %

Mississippi

11.55¢ / kWh

11.40¢ / kWh

UP

1.315 %

Missouri

13.23¢ / kWh

13.25¢ / kWh

DOWN

-0.150 %

Montana

11.85¢ / kWh

11.73¢ / kWh

UP

1.023 %

Nebraska

11.31¢ / kWh

12.06¢ / kWh

DOWN

-6.218 %

Nevada

11.67¢ / kWh

11.64¢ / kWh

UP

0.257 %

New Hampshire

19.63¢ / kWh

19.30¢ / kWh

UP

1.709 %

New Jersey

15.64¢ / kWh

15.96¢ / kWh

DOWN

-2.005 %

New Mexico

13.37¢ / kWh

13.41¢ / kWh

DOWN

-0.298 %

New York

19.30¢ / kWh

18.76¢ / kWh

UP

2.878 %

North Carolina

11.24¢ / kWh

11.07¢ / kWh

UP

1.535 %

North Dakota

12.07¢ / kWh

12.34¢ / kWh

DOWN

-2.188 %

Ohio

12.64¢ / kWh

12.67¢ / kWh

DOWN

-0.236 %

Oklahoma

10.72¢ / kWh

10.53¢ / kWh

UP

1.804 %

Oregon

11.02¢ / kWh

10.97¢ / kWh

UP

0.455 %

Pennsylvania

14.38¢ / kWh

14.52¢ / kWh

DOWN

-0.964 %

Rhode Island

18.64¢ / kWh

16.65¢ / kWh

UP

11.95 %

South Carolina

12.91¢ / kWh

13.07¢ / kWh

DOWN

-1.224 %

South Dakota

12.39¢ / kWh

12.57¢ / kWh

DOWN

-1.431 %

Tennessee

10.79¢ / kWh

10.93¢ / kWh

DOWN

-1.280 %

Texas

11.36¢ / kWh

11.15¢ / kWh

UP

1.883 %

Utah

10.63¢ / kWh

11.48¢ / kWh

DOWN

-7.404 %

Vermont

18.50¢ / kWh

18.02¢ / kWh

UP

2.663 %

Virginia

12.40¢ / kWh

11.91¢ / kWh

UP

4.114 %

Washington

9.79¢ / kWh

9.95¢ / kWh

DOWN

-1.608 %

West Virginia

11.57¢ / kWh

11.69¢ / kWh

DOWN

-1.026 %

Wisconsin

14.28¢ / kWh

15.05¢ / kWh

DOWN

-5.116 %

Wyoming

12.30¢ / kWh

12.21¢ / kWh

UP

0.737 %

Trends & Observations from State Data

From this data, we can see the state with the lowest electric rates is Louisiana. On average, homes in Louisiana pay 9.53 cents per kWh. Residential customers in Texas, the country’s largest deregulated market for electricity, pay a relatively low price for electricity as well of 11.68 cents per kWh.

The state that saw the great increase in prices for electricity is Rhode Island. Rhode Island customers are paying nearly 20% more for electricity in 2018.

Electricity Prices by City and Zip Code

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MARKETS SERVED

While we serve in all deregulated markets, Texas has the most deregulated cities out of any state: